Job Description
Lead Civil Barristers'' Clerk (Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence) Manchester £32,000 - £45,000 per annum (we may be able to pay more for an exceptional candidate) Permanent, Full Time Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am 5:30pm (1-hour lunch) Holidays: 25 per year plus Bank Holidays (rising with length of service) Benefits: contributory pension scheme, private healthcare and cash plan, group life policy, enhanced maternity and paternity pay. We are looking for an experienced personal injury and clinical negligence barristers clerk to join our Civil Clerking team based in Manchester. We have 41 barristers practising in this area, working out of our five sites across the North and able to work throughout the UK. You ll need to have the knowledge and experience of clerking barristers in this practice area to hit the ground running and be a lead member of the clerking team, able to train and develop junior colleagues. On a day-to-day basis you will work with the team to ensure our barristers diaries are effectively managed and their practices supported, through communicating with clients via telephone and email, taking bookings and ensuring computer recording of instructions and briefs, ensuring barristers have the documents they need in Dropbox prior to conferences and hearings, forward-planning and chasing where required, checking court lists, billing cases, and producing monthly reports for insurer clients. As a Lead Clerk, you ll help with problem solving and team ..... full job details .....